Ballistic reactions under different motor sets

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-42

  Castellote, J M ^a   Valls Sole J ^b   Sanegre, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ballistic movement; Electromyogram; Motor set; Reaction time; Three bursts pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLISM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VOLITION; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 4444299823     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-1866-5     Document Type: Article

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